CAR HOPS AND CURB SERVICE by...
CAR HOPS AND CURB SERVICE by Jim Heimann (Chronicle: $17.95; 127 pp., paperback original). Heimann has collected a delightfully campy array of menus, postcards and photographs to illustrate the rise and fall of the drive-in restaurant. The phenomenon began during the second decade of the 20th century and peaked during the ‘30s, ‘40s and early ‘50s. With its vast road system, warm weather and automobile culture, L.A. became the de facto capital of drive-in culture. Alas, only a few drive-ins survive.
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